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The Young Savages is a 1961 American crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It was written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Evan Hunter . [2] The supporting cast includes Dina Merrill , Shelley Winters , and Edward Andrews , and The Young Savages was the first film featuring Telly Savalas , who plays a ...
The Young Savages: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan. A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1961-05-24
Pat Duggan. Gilbert Kurland. David Amram. Eldon Coutts. Harry D. Mills. Evan Hunter. Edward Anhalt. J.P. Miller. A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
The one person who openly disagrees with Hank on prosecuting on first degree murder is his privileged wife, Karin Bell, who feels such charges especially against a fifteen year old are inhumane. Knowing the neighborhood and its people well, Hank investigates on his own, which places his and his family's life in danger as both sides try to use ...
The Young Savages marked Frankenheimer's second film after his unhappy experiences on his debut five years earlier, The Young Stranger (1957). Seen today, The Young Savages is still relevant though Pauline Kael's assessment of it in 5001 Nights at the Movies nails the film's main weakness: "You're awfully conscious that the picture means to be ...
- John Frankenheimer, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Burt Lancaster
Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/17/23 Full Review Ken R The Young Savages – Drama On The Streets In 1961, Young director John Frankenheimer (The Train) was making a big impression ...
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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The movie has the racial backgrounds of victim and killer reversed which made the film a bit disingenuous to the movie going public back then in 1961, just two years after that terrible event. The killer Salvador Agron was Hispanic and his two teenage victims, Anthony Krezsinski and Robert Young, were white.
